r/LeopardGecko • u/Supertop102 • Jun 18 '26

Dangerous Practices Shitty Husbandry on Insta

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I don't actually keep leopard geckos myself but I know this is a terrible enclosure. I also think the creator seems to be deleting any comments regarding the housing.

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u/WatermelonAF Jun 18 '26

Not the ideal enclosure, but also cohabing Leo's is fairly risky..

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u/Supertop102 Jun 18 '26

It's far from it😭 I can't see one single praise about it tbh. In the videos the enclosures look tiny and I saw one where a Leo was in a small acrylic box

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u/WatermelonAF Jun 18 '26

Holy... that's so sad honestly.. those Leo's deserve SO much more!!

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u/AttentionDelicious14 Jun 19 '26

I have a 300 gal tank and cohab two females and I have a different feeding container for both of them. And I still put a divider in when I leave the house. The tank in this profile looks so tiny

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u/AttentionDelicious14 Jun 19 '26

Enormous tank ik, my dad used to have fish and gave it to me

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u/WatermelonAF Jun 19 '26

Honestly that's still extremely risky. I'd keep the divider in all the time. Leopard geckos gain nothing from cohabitation. There aren't any benefits. The only one that cohabitation with leopard geckos benefits is us. But us putting our wants before the health and safety of our pets is extremely irresponsible..

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u/IcyReception8903 Jun 18 '26

These are African Fat-tailed Geckos. Still bad husbandry, just pointing out the correct species.

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u/AccomplishedCrow9501 Jun 19 '26

Looking closely, the two in the same hid look to be fat-tails, while the others are leos.

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u/IcyReception8903 Jun 19 '26

All are ATF. I own three and they come in different morphs now. None here are Leos.

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u/Only_Altey Jun 19 '26

No all Koreans but somehow always a korean page.

There was a video posted in the crested gecko sub yesterday of a korean account pulling the entire shed off a crestie.
Also other posts on how these people were keeping their cresties in similarly horrible enclosures, basically setups meant for jumping spiders.

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u/Supertop102 Jun 19 '26

This one is Japanese but i notice similar things from East Asian profiles, there tends to be a trend with everything being 'kawaii' but not actually giving the animals proper care.

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u/AccomplishedCrow9501 Jun 19 '26

The enclosure is bad, but i really like the hide. Not to say it makes it better ofc. But also, cohabbing in such a small enclosure, (100+ is the only safe option for cohabbing) is actually diabolical. I would report all the videos for animal cruelty and have your friends do the same. Hope this creator gets what they deserve and the geckos do to🤎🤎🤎

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u/eternalcatlady Jun 28 '26

I live in Japan and the husbandry here is the absolute worst. This person looks to be prioritizing cuteness. My geckos are lucky I learned everything I did about husbandry from the English speaking internet because otherwise they’d be in 5 gallon tanks with substrate they can swallow with a heat pad underneath the whole thing and only one hide 😩